PLATE VI. 
BOSELAPHUS OREAS—THE ELAND OR IMPOOFO, 
Eland of the Dutch Colonists. 7” Ganna of the Hottentots. Jmpoof or Pooffo of the Kafirs and Bechuana. 
Generic CHAaRACTER.—Full grown male about six feet six or eight inches high at the shoulder, and upwards of twelve in 
extreme length. Head light and bony. Facial line perfectly straight. Muzzle broad. Forehead square; covered with a cluster of strong 
wiry twisted hair, forming feathers of an intense sienna brown colour, margined on either side by a bright yellow crescent, which com- 
mences above the eyes, and nearly meets about half way down the face. Eyes large, brilliant, and melting. No expression of ferocity 
in the face. Ears small, white, flexible, and pointed. Horns placed on the summits of the frontals; about two feet in length, massy, 
slightly divergent, and nearly straight; but twisted on their own axes, and encircled by a ponderous ring which ascends in a spiral 
direction almost to the tips. . A few transverse wrinkles on the more prominent parts. Bony cores approaching to the weight and sub- 
stance of ivory. Proportions of the body resembling those of a bull. Figure, square and ponderous, Neck very thick, compressed 
laterally as in the ox; shoulders very deep, withers slightly elevated owing to the length of the spinous processes. Larynx very pro- 
minent, and larger than an apple. An ample pendulous dewlap, very thin, lax, and wrinkled, fringed with long wavy wiry brown hair ; 
and descending to the knees. A crest of bristles from the forehead passing upwards and recurrent along the ridge of the neck, in the 
position of a mane. Hind quarters extremely heavy. Tail two feet three or four inches long ; slender, with a tuft of short and coarse 
brown hair at the extremity. Hide black. Hair very short and scanty. General colour rufous dun, or ashy grey tinged with ochre. 
Legs extremely short and bull-like ; rufous and buff below the knees. Hoofs large, rounded, and black; the succentorial hoofs much 
developed. Has a muzzle. No suborbital sinus, or lachrymary depression. 
Female much smaller, and of slighter proportions; with longer and more slender horns, generally diverging more, and often 
capriciously twisted. They are usually about thirty inches in length, and have a swelling of the axis between the spiral turns, which 
forms a knot, above which they incline backwards. She has no dewlap, but a protruding tuft of stiff rufous hair on the larynx. Colour 
considerably redder than in the male. General appearance not unlike that of a Guernsey cow. Has an udder with four teats, Grega- 
rious in large droves. Formerly common, but now extinct, in the Cape Colony, and only found in the open or slighty wooded plains of 
the interior. 
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